mealy-mouthed

not brave enough to say what you mean directly and honestly Strangely enough, although we are getting more mealy-mouthed about mental and physical disabilities, we are increasingly frank about bodily functions.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shideh	-	Persian
Lule	-	Albanian
Marlena	mahr-LEEN-ə (English), mahr-LE-nah (Polish)	English, Polish
Morana	-	Slavic Mythology, Croatian
Riikka	REE:K-kah	Finnish
Traci	TRAY-see	English